One pedestrian was killed and three others were hospitalized Saturday after a vehicle struck four people at Broadway and Fourth Avenue in downtown Nashville, turning a busy afternoon intersection into the scene of a deadly traffic investigation. Metro Nashville Police said the driver was 87 years old and from Kentucky.
The crash happened around 12:30 p.m., and one person died at the scene while three others were taken to the hospital. Metro Nashville Police said the crash is still being investigated by the Metro Nashville Police Department's Traffic Division, which is working to piece together how the collision unfolded.
That answer has not yet been made public. Police have not released the identities of the people involved, and they have not said what led up to the collision, leaving the basic sequence clear but the reason for it still unknown.
For now, the facts point to a crash that struck four pedestrians in the middle of downtown Nashville and left one dead, three injured, and a major question still open for investigators: what happened in the moments before the vehicle reached Broadway and Fourth Avenue.
